- Iron Curtain was a boundary between the Warsaw Pact countries and NATO nations.
- Countries behind the curtain had struggling economies.
- Just terrible economies in the countries.
- Soviet Bloc - started to fall apart in 1989 - Bugaria, Czechosovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, and Romania.
- Communist party was forced to resign after 73 years in the USSR.
- The Baltic States left the Soviets.
- CIS - Organization of many former Soviets countries.
- Signs of communism falling were visible.
- Laws of state Enterprises gave businesses more independence from the government in June 1987.
- Glasnost was something Gorbachev or whoever started.
- Iron Curtain grew extremely weak.
18. Why the US Won the Cold War -
- In 1989 Gorbachev was held hostage.
- Reagan started SDI.
- Gorbachev's people wanted more freedom.
16. Gorbachev's/Ronald Reagan's changing ways -
- Perestroika was a political movement within the Communist Party of the USSR during 1980's.
- Widely associated wit the Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.
- Glasnot was the policy of maximal publicity, openness, and transparency in the activities of all government insitution in the Soviet Union.
- INF Treaty - stands for Intermediant Range Nuclear Forces. It was used to reduce nuclear forces.
- Treaty was signed in Washington DC.
20. Korean Conflict -
- Korean war was from June 25 1950 to July 27 1953.
- North and South Korea the US and China. But many nations sent troops under the support of US.
- We supported the South.
- In the begining of the war, North Korea (Communist) troops overwhelmed South Korea.
- The US pushed North to the edge by China, which brought China into this war.
- Japanese helped us in the war effort a lot.
- We paid them for resources.
- Nickname - Forgotten war.
Essentials for US History--Semester 2
7. Students will understand the causes and effects of the Great Depression.
1. Students will understand the impact the Great Depression and New Deal had on the US.
2. Students will understand the causes, effects and major events of WWII.
3. Students will understand how/why the Allies won WWII.
4. Students will understand the causes, effects and major events of the Cold War.
5. Students will understand the causes, effects and major events of the Korean Conflict.
6. Students will understand the causes, effects and major events of the Vietnam Conflict.
7. Students will understand the causes and effects of the Persian Gulf Wars as well as the War on
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